Basic QML Types

AbstractButton

The AbstractButton class defines the behavior of the button.

Action

Describe an action that can be re-used in, for example a Button

ActionItem

A visual representation of an Action. The API of ActionItem is a copy of the API of Action, with additional properties to define visual aspects of the ActionItem.

ActionList

List of Action items

ActivityIndicator

The ActivityIndicator component visually indicates that a task of unknown duration is in progress, e.g. busy indication, connection in progress indication, etc.

Button

Standard Ubuntu button.

CheckBox

CheckBox is a component with two states, checked or unchecked. It can be used to set boolean options. The behavior is the same as Switch, the only difference is the graphical style.

UbuntuColors

Singleton defining the Ubuntu color palette.

Icon

The Icon component displays an icon from the icon theme.

Label

Text with Ubuntu styling.

MainView

MainView is the root Item that should be used for all applications. It automatically adds a header and toolbar for its contents and can rotate its content based on the device orientation.

OptionSelector

Component displaying either a single selected value or expanded multiple choice with an optional image and subtext when not expanded, when expanding it opens a listing of all the possible values for selection with an additional option of always being expanded. If multiple choice is selected the list is expanded automatically.

OrientationHelper

The OrientationHelper automatically rotates its children following the orientation of the device.

Page

A page is the basic Item that must be used inside the MainView, PageStack and Tabs. Anchors and height of a Page are automatically determined to align with the header of the MainView, but can be overridden.

PageStack

A stack of Page items that is used for inter-Page navigation. Pages on the stack can be popped, and new Pages can be pushed. The page on top of the stack is the visible one.

Panel

A panel that can be swiped in and out from an edge of the window by the user. For most applications, it is highly recommended to use the MainView instead which includes a toolbar at its bottom that can be swiped in or out.

PickerPanel

Provides a panel for opening a DatePicker in place of the input panel or as Popover, depending on the form factor.

ProgressBar

The ProgressBar component visually indicates the progress of a process of determinate or indeterminate duration.

Scrollbar

The ScrollBar component provides scrolling functionality for scrollable views (i.e. Flickable, ListView).

Slider

Slider is a component to select a value from a continuous range of values.

StyledItem

The StyledItem class allows items to be styled by the theme.

Switch

Switch is a component with two states, checked or unchecked. It can be used to set boolean options. The behavior is the same as CheckBox, the only difference is the graphical style.

Tab

Component to represent a single tab in a Tabs environment.

TabBar

Tab bar that will be shown in the header when Tabs is active. This component does not need to be instantiated by the developer, it is automatically created by the Tabs.

Tabs

The Tabs class provides an environment where multible Tab children can be added, and the user is presented with a tab bar with tab buttons to select different tab pages.

TextArea

The TextArea item displays a block of editable, scrollable, formatted text.

TextField

The TextField element displays a single line of editable plain text. Input constraints can be set through validator or inputMask. Setting echoMode to an appropriate value enables TextField to be used as password input field.

ToolbarButton

An ActionItem that represents a button in the toolbar. ToolbarButtons should be included in ToolbarItems to define the tools of a Page. The behavior and look of the toolbar button can be specified by setting an Action for the button, or by setting the other properties inherited by the ActionItem.

ToolbarItems

Row of Items to be placed in a toolbar.

UbuntuListView

A ListView with special features tailored for a look and feel fitting the Ubuntu Touch platform. The UbuntuListView works just like a regular ListView, but it adds special features such as expanding/collapsing items (when used together with the Expandable item). It provides features like automatically positioning the expanding item when it expands and collapsing it again when the user taps outside of it.

UbuntuNumberAnimation

UbuntuNumberAnimation is a NumberAnimation that has predefined settings to ensure that Ubuntu applications are consistent in their animations.

UbuntuShape

The UbuntuShape item provides a standard Ubuntu shaped rounded rectangle.

i18n

i18n is a context property that provides internationalization support.

InverseMouseArea

The InverseMouseArea captures mouse events happening outside of a given area.

Clipboard

This is a singleton type providing access to the system clipboard.

MimeData

MimeData type provides interface to access and store data to the Clipboard.

Alarm

Alarm component is a representation of an alarm event.

AlarmModel

AlarmModel holds the list of alarms defined.

UbuntuApplication

UbuntuApplication is a QML binding for a subset of QCoreApplication.

Argument

The Argument class specifies what type a given command line parameter should be.

Arguments

The Arguments class provides a way to declare what command line parameters are expected by the application.

FontUtils

FontUtils is a context property, which provides utility functions for font manipulations.

Mouse

Attached property filtering mouse events occured inside the owner.

InverseMouse

Attached object filtering mouse events occured outside the owner.

StateSaver

Attached propertyes to save component property states.

Theme

The Theme class provides facilities to interact with the current theme.

UbuntuAnimation

Singleton defining standard Ubuntu durations and easing for animations that should be used to ensure that Ubuntu applications are consistent in their animations.

Units

Units of measurement for sizes, spacing, margin, etc.

UriHandler

Singleton signalling for opened URIs.

  • Ubuntu User Interface Toolkit